July 6th will mark the official 7 year anniversary of when I started this blog. This week marks the 7 year anniversary of when Hubby...

More than anything else, the process of creating and maintaining my garden as a backyard wildlife habitat has taught me the true meaning ...

Maybe you've seen the results of those online quizzes... or maybe you haven't and I'm the only one looking at people's ...

Today, I heard an interview with the celebrity Brooke Burke where this 40-something mother of four candidly said that she felt the reason...

Last night, Hubby and I watched the season 4 finale of Downton Abbey. Toward the end of the episode the staff has a day off at the seaside. ...

I grew up without it on my horizon.  I didn't understand its allure.  But then I moved to within sight of it.  And I understand...

Imagine... one tiny twinkling star in the dark night makes all the difference to the person navigating a journey with noth...

While walking, I happened upon a guitar pick on the sidewalk. It left me wondering... Was it dropped and forgotten? Or was it ...

Years of Septembers starting out with new grades, new teachers and new learning horizons embedded in my mind that August is the mont...

Notes to self: When it is excruciatingly hot and humid outside, don't try to fill up the green waste cans just because collection i...

At the base of the deck stairs there are two large terra cotta pots--one on each side. In each pot is a single massive globe of lavender....

A patch of rudbeckia blooms early this year--probably because it overwintered quite well and didn't have to play catch up. How I wi...

"Don't take the big camera out with you," I silently say to myself, "Just take the iPhone. Only the iPhone." Th...

When I see the small white canister covered in scrollwork on my shelf I know what's inside--tiny little seashells as big as my pinky ...

A couple of days ago, while hunting for information about something else I stumbled upon an online article that has had me thinking ever ...

Have you ever looked at the center of a sunflower... really looked? It's made up of tiny little flowers--golden stars so small you ...

Whether it comes naturally to me or not, the pace of my life as of late has slowed way down. I've noticed that a lot of my day is very ...

This afternoon I received an unexpected email from Hubby while he was at work with the subject line "Being thankful today". In ...

Like the hedge of pink jasmine that almost knocks me over with its heady scent when I get into its proximity, my thoughts lately are overpow...

On January 24, 1984, this happened... I never saw this unveiling. But only a few months later, my father's employer (one of the first pu...